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Hmm, where to start. I think I will work my way backwards! I have the WRIGHT family that end up in South Australia. They came across on ship Stag, 7th February 1850 / Plymouth 22nd February 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 11th June 1850.

From this information I went back and believe I found the right family on the 1841 census, living at Wakefield in Yorkshire. Except George was a bricklayer, rather than a carpenter as stated on the immigration record.

Jane, the eldest daughter, married a man, who also happened to be another Wright, called John Wright, and they immigrated to Australia shortly after the rest of the family on the Fatima from London 17th January 1850 / Plymouth 13th February 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 11th June 1850.

On the 1841 census it says that George and Mary Wright were NOT born in Yorkshire. I guess they could have still been married there, though. I don't know. This is what I'm looking to find out - Mary's maiden name, where/when they married. Ideally I'd love to know where George was born.

I found a birth for George that I thought could be likely. His son, George Jnr, is later in life known as George William Wright, so perhaps George Snr was called that, too? I don't really know a way of confirming/disproving this.George William Wright

Again, I found two potential marriages for George and Mary, and don't really know how to go about confirming or denying them. George Wrightand Mary Ann Ringshall Marriage 1 Aug 1825 St Marylebone Westminster

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HiI think there may be too many straws being clutched here. A marriage in London for a Yorkshire couple is not unheard of but unlikely I would think. Bricklayer to carpenter is odd too. Why don't you get a birth certificate for one of the children born after 1837? That will give Mary's maiden name then at least you will know what marriage you are looking for. www.freebmd.org.uk is a good site.Have you got death certificates giving more information about them?RegardsAndrea

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In 1841 George is a Bricklayer Journeyman so quite skilled. James is shown as 7 months so you may be able to pin down his birth and equally Harry is an infant in 1850 and there is a possible birth for him in Wakefield Dec 1849 vol 22 page 683.Both the marriages you quote have the couple as very young - only mid teens. Given the large gap between Jane age 14 and George age 7 I wonder if she is not their child but a sister? The 1841 does not show relationships. Do you have her marriage certificate to show her father's name?Just trying to look at this in different ways to see if we can solve it.Andrea

I knew I forgot something. I have some births for the children. Attached here Jane (who is a daughter, not a sister, though it was a good theory!), George, Frank and Jesse. I believe I have a few others too, about the place. One for Harriet, Jane, John and Mary. My friend and I could not find one for James, no matter how we searched. You will notice the earlier children were born in Leeds, and the later children born in Wakefield.

I don't have any certificates. I can't actually afford to buy any at the moment so I will have to make do without them. I have a theory about the bricklayer to carpenter thing - perhaps Australia was in need of carpenters, so George wrote down that he was one in order to come out here. Surely he'd know some of the trade, having worked on building sites. Or perhaps he returned to bricklaying as soon as he got here.

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